Telegram-herald., 1887-08-25

gether struggling furfously. Nasta was
gfrong man and desperate, but he could not
match the strongest man IN Zululand, sore
wounded though he was, whose strength was
Is the strength Of a bull. In a minute the
end came. / saw old Umslopogaas stagger to
his feet-ay, and saw him, by single gigan-
tic effort. swing up the struggling Nasta.
and, with a shout of triumph, hurl hiu
straight over the parapet of tbe bridge, to bS
crushed to powder on the rocks 200 feet be
low
The succor which had been summoned by
the girl who had passed down the stair before
the assassins passed up was at hand, and the
loud shouts which reached US from the outer
gates told us that the town was also aroused,
and the men awakened by the women were
calling to be admitted. Some of Nyleptha's
brave ladies, who, ID their night shifts and
with their long hair streaming down
their backs, just as they had been
aroused from rest. had worked so gal
lantly at blocking the passage through the
wall, went Off to admit them at the side
entrance, while others, assisted by the rescu.
ing party outside, pushed and pulled down
the marble blocks they bad placed there with
so much labor
the doorway. followed by crowd OF res
cuers, staggered old Umsiopogass, an awful
and. in a way. a glorious figure The man
was a mass Of wounds, and glance at his
wild eye told me that he was DYING The
"keshla' gum ring upon his head was severed
In two piaces by sword cuts, one Just over the
curious hole in his skull, and the blood poured
down his face from the gash4s. Also, on the
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spear, inflicted by Agon; there was deep
cut on his left arm just below where the mail
shirt sleeve stopped, and on the right side Of
his body the xrnor was severed by cash SIX
inches long where Nasta's mighty sword had
bitten through it ana deep into Its wearers
vitsls.
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looking, splendid savage, and she ladies for
got to turn faint at the scene OF bloed, and
cberred him. as well they might. but he never
stayed or needed. With outstretchei arms
and lettering gait he pursued bis way. fol-
lowed by Is all along the broad shell strewn
walk that ran through the court yard, past
the spot where tie blocks Of marble Law,
through the round srched doorway and the
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short passage and into the great hsn, which
was now filing with hastily armed nen, who
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